Show Missing sing Long Nationwide N Hunts F Fail iI to Find Find 7 Salt Salt Lakers I HAMLIN tt 1 and wo boys men V-men en a woman 1 10 ur re listed as missing by the ther il r rake e City police pollee department S1 weeks ks of search in all sections after L United States I of l j e Gussie cussie Friend policewoman Jarge ree i s O of the departments department's miss miss- n II bureau reported the F r- tv rn persons persons' n left home last fa fall fail leaving tW two Infants and her hus hus- d Aher her I b J ce then t the c husband has been I J missing apparently havi hay have epO aken i the babies with him out of the state without notifying police Miss Friend said five Fifty boys 26 girls 16 m n nand nand and seven women reported missing as of January 1 I 1941 were located since most of them within Utah and eight boys from other states were located here One of the men had committed suicide but the others were un harmed Miss Friend reported Most of those located were chil dren between the ages of 2 and 10 years who had wandered away from their their homes 0 or been separate separated ed from a parent while shopping These usually were located within an hour or two Underlying causes In range from dislike of school by boys and girls to marital difficulties ties between wives and husbands Miss Friend said Boys and girls leave home for other reasons too such as effort to obtain employment or because they have committed some minor crime and are fearful of consequences she said but the chief reason is dislike dis like of school And the reason they dislike school school- in most such cases is because because because be be- cause their parents are unable to provide them with clothing as nice rHee niceas as that worn by other children or give them money to go to school entertainments or participate In other school activities Boys especially feel a wanderlust wanderlust wanderlust wander lust in the spring months and want to travel Most of them are disillusioned disillusioned in a day or two and only too glad to come home Girls usually have the same reasons rea sons for lor leaving home as have boys lack lack of pretty clothes and resulting self consciousness among schoolmates school mates lack of funds for a good time or desire to get away from home conditions they dislike Human nature seems to have an S escapist complex x as a dominant strain Miss Friend observed Fortunately this trait Is kept dormant dor mant In the great majority of cases else this might be a world of tran tran- |